Traveller | Period | who | misc |
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Deimachos | 300-273 BC | Greek ambassador | Came in India at the reign of Bindusara |
Megasthenes | 302-298 BC | Greek ethnographer & ambassador | Came in India at the reign of Chandragupta Maurya , write Indica |
Fahien/Faxian | 405-411 AD | Chinese buddhist monk | Came in India at the reign of Chandragupta II |
Husuain-tsang/Xuanzang | 630-645 AD | Chinese buddhist monk | |
Al-Biruni/Abu Rayhan Muhammad | 1024-1030 AD | Muslim scholar and polymath | write Taharikh-al-Hind, About social,religious,political nature of India this time. |
Marco Polo | 1292-1294 AD | Italian merchant traveller | write “The book of sir Marcopolo”, about Indian Economy at this time. |
Ibn Battuta | 1333-1347 AD | Traveller of Morocco | Came in India at the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq , write Rihla, about Indian geographical,social and economical behaviour of this time. |
Abdur Razzaq | 1443-1444 AD | Parsian traveller | Came in India at Zamorin’s Calicut. Describe about Vijayanagara at Hampi. |
Domingo Paes | 1520-1522 AD | Portuguese traveller | Came in India at the reign of Krishna Deva Raya,last hindu king of vijayanagara. |
William Hawkins | 1608-1611 AD | Ambassador of James II,king of England | Came in India at the reign of Jahangir,the great mogul. William finch came with him. |
Sir Thomas Roe | 1615-1619 AD | Ambassador of James | Came in India at the reign of Jahangir,the great mogul. |
Edward Terry | 1616 AD | Ambassador of thomas roe | Describe about Indian social(Gujrat) behaviour. |
Peter manti | 1630-1634 AD | Italian traveller | Came in India at the reign of Shah Jahan. Describe about the people of mogul. |